Setback for Modi as Bombay High Court rejects petition

Updated: 15 September 2010 13:44 IST

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed Lalit Modi's petition to reconstitute the BCCI Disciplinary Committee.

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Mumbai:

In a major setback to suspended IPL chief Lalit Modi's efforts to gain back some lost ground, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed his petition to reconstitute the BCCI Disciplinary Committee that is looking into corruption charges against him.

With panel member Jyotiraditya Scindia unable to attend due to illness, the hearing could not be held on Tuesday morning and only started at 6pm in the evening at Scindia's residence.

The four witnesses in the case - IPL and Champions League Twenty20 CEO S Sundar Raman, who flew down from South Africa, Paul Manning, John Loffhagen and Peter Griffiths, all from England - attended Tuesday's hearing.

The hearing was also attended by Modi's counsel Shailesh Mendon, who requested the committee to defer the hearing till Wednesday until when the Bombay High Court order would come out.